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NKorea’s Kim Jong Un joins father at army drill (AP)

October 5th, 2010

FILE - In this undated photo released on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, right, poses for a group photo with newly elected members of the central leadership body of the Workers Party of Korea (WPK), including his third son Kim Jong Un, left, and Vice Marshal Ri Yong Ho, and participants to the WPK conference in front of the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea's heir apparent Kim Jong Un appeared Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, for the first time in the country's state media reports on visits by his father, supreme leader Kim Jong Il, to review troops and factories. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, File) ** JAPAN OUT **AP - North Korea’s heir apparent observed military drills with his father, according to a state media report Tuesday, heralding a growing public profile for Kim Jong Un as he…

NKorea prints photo of heir apparent Kim Jong Un (AP)

September 30th, 2010

The front page of North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper of Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 shows a group photo of senior North Korean officials, including Kim Jong Un, believed to be the third son of Kim Jong Il. The newspaper identified Kim Jong Un as being in the photo, in the front row, second from left. Kim Jong Il is in the front row, second from right. (AP Photo)AP - North Korea has published a photo in state media of leader Kim Jong Il’s youngest son and heir apparent in what is likely the first official image of…

NKorea: Kim Jong Il’s son named to political posts (AP)

September 28th, 2010

A South Korean newspaper bearing photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center, and his late father Kim Il Sung, left, and a photo South Korean media says of Kim's youngest son Kim Jong Un, is displayed at a news stand in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. North Korea's Kim Jong Il made his elusive youngest son a four-star general in a major promotion seen Tuesday as confirmation that he is slated to become the country's next leader. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - The youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was elected to leadership roles in the ruling Workers’ Party, state media said early Wednesday, bolstering speculation he’s…

NKorea’s Kim Jong Il promotes son to general (AP)

September 28th, 2010

In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, delegates to the ruling Worker's Party meeting make their way upon arriving at Pyongyang station, North Korea, on Monday Sept. 27, 2010. North Korea holds its biggest political meeting in decades Tuesday, amid intense speculation that members of leader Kim Jong Il's family will assume key positions in the ruling party to solidify their rule for another generation. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) ** JAPAN OUT **AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il promoted his youngest son to army general in an announcement Tuesday seen as official confirmation that the young man is being groomed…

Kim Jong Il may promote son at NKorea party meet (AP)

September 21st, 2010

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2010 file photo released by China's official Xinhua news agency, Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Changchun, in northeast China's Jilin province. North Korea will hold its biggest political meeting in 30 years next week, state media reported Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, as observers watched for signs that the secretive regime's aging leader has chosen his son to succeed him. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ju Peng, File) NO SALESAP - North Korea’s ruling communist party has finally set a date for its biggest convention in decades, an apparent indication that the regime may be ready to give the…

Secrets and Lies: Kim Jong Il’s Shadowy Visit to China (Time.com)

August 27th, 2010

Time.com - The international man of mystery boarded the midnight train from Pyongyang, headed (for reasons known only to him and his unforthcoming hosts) to China

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De Jong warns City not to let standards slip (AFP)

August 25th, 2010

Netherlands midfielder Nigel de Jong (up) has warned Manchester City there should be no dip in performance when FC Timisoara visit Eastlands in the Europa League on Thursday. Big-spending City have shown that they are serious contenders for the English Premier League title following their 3-0 victory over Liverpool.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Nigel de Jong has warned Manchester City there should be no dip in performance when FC Timisoara visit Eastlands in the Europa League on Thursday.


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Kim Jong Il Announces Plan To Bring Moon To North Korea

August 24th, 2010

From Onion News Network International: North Korea’s space program will capture the moon and bring it home, a feat no Western nation could accomplish.

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Kim Jong Il visits China despite South Korean ship anger (Time.com)

May 4th, 2010

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is reportedly heading to Beijing for talks likely to centre on desperately needed aid for his sanctions-hit regime and stalled nuclear dialogue.(AFP/KNS via KCNA/File)Time.com - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has taken to the road, making his first trip to China since 2006. The recent sinking of a South Korean ship will…

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